I am a self-proclaimed foodie. I enjoy food. Good food. Bad food. I found this food information. fascinating.

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These food facts might change the way you eat:

•Taste buds regenerate every two weeks.

• One out of every 10 people has a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap.

• Spam is short for spiced ham.

• Bread used to be cut with saws.

•There are more fake crab sticks than actual crab in most seafood salads.

• The red juice in steak is not blood… it’s myoglobin.

• Some cheese is aged using bacteria found on human skin.

Still hungry?

LOOK: Top pizza chains in the US

To help you find your next slice, Stacker examined PMQ Pizza Magazine's 2025 Pizza Power report to round up the 30 biggest pizza chains in the country based on annual sales in 2023. Some are classic fast-food franchises, customizable and deliverable to our doorsteps in less than 60 minutes; others are brick-and-mortar family joints.

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